PuTTY Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PuTTY
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PuTTY skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 339 402
Rank change year-on-year -61 +63 +59
Contract jobs citing PuTTY 3 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.036% 0.015%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% 0.22% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £134 - £565
Median % change year-on-year - - +117.31%
75th Percentile - - £573
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £134 £365 £380
% change year-on-year -63.29% -3.95% +49.02%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

PuTTY falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,228 2,264 3,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.82% 16.34% 17.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,482 1,279 2,070
10th Percentile £191 £190 £205
25th Percentile £303 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -1.58% +2.70%
75th Percentile £562 £580 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £680
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 114 298
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.53 £17.15
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.06 £26.96
Median hourly rate £41.24 £32.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.89% -42.98% +208.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.48 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% -36.36% +161.90%

PuTTY
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PuTTY relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PuTTY job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PuTTY
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY

PuTTY
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY

PuTTY
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PuTTY within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 3 £134 -
Midlands - 3 £134 - 3
PuTTY
UK

PuTTY
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SSH
1 3 (100.00%) Telnet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Break Fix Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) Draytek
1 3 (100.00%) McAfee
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft